Garlic
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Garlic
If there is already a topic on this simply redirect me I did not see one.
Well, my dad really raves about how good garlic is for me due to the antioxidant content it has. I also saw that garlic was one of the suggested spices if one must add flavor to this diet.
So I was wondering if garlic is truly as healthy as my dad says and, if so, what makes it so healthy. I've also been wondering what exactly an antioxidant is (I know that it is a substance than bonds to oxidizing agents so they are less harmful in our body if I recall right, but would they be a vitamin, mineral, something else, or in an own category?)
Also would it be worthy for me to continue eating garlic on this diet or is everything good from garlic already provided in the other foods?
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Well, my dad really raves about how good garlic is for me due to the antioxidant content it has. I also saw that garlic was one of the suggested spices if one must add flavor to this diet.
So I was wondering if garlic is truly as healthy as my dad says and, if so, what makes it so healthy. I've also been wondering what exactly an antioxidant is (I know that it is a substance than bonds to oxidizing agents so they are less harmful in our body if I recall right, but would they be a vitamin, mineral, something else, or in an own category?)
Also would it be worthy for me to continue eating garlic on this diet or is everything good from garlic already provided in the other foods?
Thanks
Also... (kinda gross but whatever)
I'm currently reading through the book and I just came across this: "In nature, animals that have just given birth eat their own placenta to reabsorb all the cholesterol it contains. Humans don't do that (anymore), and are also told to watch out for cholesterol in foods. This is why so many women suffer from post-natal depression or just feel really tired up to years after having given birth."
Would it be safe for a mother to eat their placenta raw- I know the placenta is (or has been) eaten in certain cultures, but it is usually dried or cooked?
I'm currently reading through the book and I just came across this: "In nature, animals that have just given birth eat their own placenta to reabsorb all the cholesterol it contains. Humans don't do that (anymore), and are also told to watch out for cholesterol in foods. This is why so many women suffer from post-natal depression or just feel really tired up to years after having given birth."
Would it be safe for a mother to eat their placenta raw- I know the placenta is (or has been) eaten in certain cultures, but it is usually dried or cooked?
Re: Garlic
He probably loves the taste of it (in dishes),thefourth wrote: I was wondering if garlic is truly as healthy as my dad says and, if so, what makes it so healthy.
so that he gladly believes its so healthy.
Yes, it contains a number of potent antioxidanta.
Antioxidants have their own category, but some of these fit in other categories as well.
Vitamin C, E and beta-carotene, for example, are also vitamins.
Metals usually fall in the category of minerals, and they actually have pro-oxidative properties.
And yet, both vitamins and minerals are considered healthy.
so, how is that possible?
Because its not a black or white issue (as it hardly ever is);
Antioxidants are not simply 'the good guys' and pro-oxidatives 'the bad guys'.
Processes in your body require oxidation. Oxidation is essential.
So, what you need is a balance, and your body will take care of that.
The antioxidants in garlic cannot do that for you, as they are very specific antioxidants;
they are not multifunctional, doing only good work.
They cannot eliminate the mutagens that you ingest from cooked food.
There will be some influence, but limited, and probably both good and bad.
Yes, all nutrients (which are hardly present in garlic) are already abundantly present in foods.or is everything good from garlic already provided in the other foods?
You may consider garlic as a drug, that may do some good regarding certain illness(es).
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isn't garlic an anti-fungal? are there any other foods that are anti-fungal? can foods even be anti-fungal??
"the purpose is not to disengage from the physical universe. the purpose is to manifest the essence of what you are so completely that you are an aspect of the creation of the physical universe."
Yes, garlic contains various substances that have anti-fungal (and anti-bacterial etc) properties.martianwarrior wrote:isn't garlic an anti-fungal? are there any other foods that are anti-fungal? can foods even be anti-fungal??
All foods contain such substances, but it very much differs how much they contain. These same substances generally also are anti-nutrients.
So, actually, its specific ingredients that are anti-fungal, whereas the food may even contain a fungus.
Numerous mammals eat their placenta too. A lot of domestic cats and dogs still do. So, is this also due to the nutrients in the placenta (what is it that yolks takes care of, cholesterol?). I thought it also was very important to get rid of the placenta (by eating it) to not attract other animals (thus to protect their offspring from becoming prey). Is it both? (this is what I now think it is; the placenta contains certain nutrients for the (often starving) mother, so she will eat it. And by doing so she's simultaneously protecting her offspring. A perfect "solution" of mother nature as you will )Oscar wrote:Eating lots of egg yolks will probably take care of the need to eat the placenta.
Yes. Cholesterol is kind of a super-vitamin.Iris wrote:what is it that yolks takes care of, cholesterol?
So, taking egg yolks instead would do the trick...
Also, with every period, your pre-placenta gets wasted, which is also filled with cholesterol.
That is why it very much helps to consume lots of egg yolks in the week prior to your period, and a few days after;
this considerably diminishes your menstrual pains.
In most women, 4 or 5 egg yolks a day is already suffice.
Seems logical to me...I thought it also was very important to get rid of the placenta (by eating it) to not attract other animals
Oh yeah, that's right.... Totally forgot about thatRRM wrote: Also, with every period, your pre-placenta gets wasted, which is also filled with cholesterol.
That is why it very much helps to consume lots of egg yolks in the week prior to your period, and a few days after;
this considerably diminishes your menstrual pains.
In most women, 4 or 5 egg yolks a day is already suffice.